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The boy had my wolf's eyes.

The boy had my wolf's eyes.

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Eye, Boys
Maggie Stiefvater (2011). “Forever”, p.306, Scholastic Inc.

Nothing had changed. Nothing.

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Changed
Maggie Stiefvater (2011). “Forever”, p.327, Scholastic UK

There is no better taste than this: someone else’s laughter in your mouth.

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Laughter, Mouths, Taste
Maggie Stiefvater (2011). “Shiver Trilogy (Shiver, Linger, Forever)”, p.645, Scholastic Inc.

Mutual, respectful, enduring love is completely attainable as long as you swear you won't settle for less.

Maggie Stiefvater
Love Is, Long, Enduring Love
Maggie Stiefvater (2011). “Shiver Trilogy (Shiver, Linger, Forever)”, p.909, Scholastic Inc.

In the darkness, he is invisible, but I can still feel him beside me. Sometimes you don't have to see something to know it is there.

Maggie Stiefvater
Darkness, Sometimes, Invisible

And then I did laugh, even though the future was a dangerous place, because I loved her, and she loved me, and the world was beautiful.

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Love, Beautiful, Laughing
Maggie Stiefvater (2011). “Forever”, p.139, Scholastic Inc.

Once upon a time I would’ve leaped at the rare opportunity of curling up with Mom on the couch. But now it sort of felt like too little too late. I had someone else waiting for me.

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Mom, Opportunity, Waiting
Maggie Stiefvater (2014). “Shiver Series (Shiver, Linger, Forever, Sinner)”, p.156, Scholastic Inc.

No, you have to talk first. You wanted to talk. It means you say something and I respond and you talk back again. It's one of the human race's most shining achievements. It's called a conversation.

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Mean, Race, Achievement
Maggie Stiefvater (2011). “Shiver Trilogy (Shiver, Linger, Forever)”, p.398, Scholastic Inc.

I was trying to decide if you still had free will as a wolf. If I was a terrible person for planning to drug my girlfriend and drag her back to my house to keep in the basement.

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Relationship, Girlfriend, House
Maggie Stiefvater (2011). “Shiver Trilogy (Shiver, Linger, Forever)”, p.604, Scholastic Inc.

Sharing revelations is easier when it doesn't matter.

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Matter, Revelations, Easier
Maggie Stiefvater (2014). “Shiver Series (Shiver, Linger, Forever, Sinner)”, p.399, Scholastic Inc.

He sounded absolutely miserable. “Are you ever going to speak to me?

Maggie Stiefvater
Parent, Speak, Miserable
Maggie Stiefvater (2011). “Forever”, p.272, Scholastic Inc.

You're getting your weird all over me.

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Your Weird
Maggie Stiefvater (2011). “Forever”, p.110, Scholastic Inc.

I'd learned a long time ago that one of the finest weapons in my arsenal was my ability to invade personal space

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Space, Long, Weapons
Maggie Stiefvater (2011). “Forever”, p.87, Scholastic Inc.

Do you have it on your person?" my father asked. "Jesus" I replied. "My person has it in her purse.

Maggie Stiefvater
Jesus, Father, Purses
Maggie Stiefvater (2011). “Shiver Trilogy (Shiver, Linger, Forever)”, p.630, Scholastic Inc.

Sam, I really want to buy a red coffee pot, if they exist," Grace said. "I'll find you one

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Coffee, Grace, Want

It wasn’t a touch that said I need more. It was a touch that said I want this.

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Needs, Want, Said
Maggie Stiefvater (2011). “Forever”, p.174, Scholastic Inc.

if you were really busy, you could almost forget about it, but when you stopped moving, it was murder

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Moving, Murder, Busy
Maggie Stiefvater (2011). “Shiver Trilogy (Shiver, Linger, Forever)”, p.596, Scholastic Inc.

Peppermint swirled into my nostrils, sharp as glass, then raspberry almost to sweet, like too-ripe fruit. Apple, crisp and pure. Nuts, buttery, warm, earthy

Maggie Stiefvater
Sweet, Glasses, Nuts
Maggie Stiefvater (2011). “Shiver Trilogy (Shiver, Linger, Forever)”, p.208, Scholastic Inc.

I knew he wouldn't come, but I howled anyway, and when I did, the other wolves would pass images of him to me of what he looked like: lithe, gray, yellow-eyed. I would pass back images of my own, of a wolf on the edge of the woods, silent and cautious, watching me. The images, clear as the slender-leaved trees in front of me, made finding him seem urgent, but I didn't know how to begin to look.

Maggie Stiefvater
Yellow, Tree, Looks

Where are Sam and Grace?" "Ringo left in his car a few hours ago. He must've taken Grace with him. I don't know where they went." "You didn't ask?" "We're not married" Cole said, and added, in a more humble tone, "yet".

Maggie Stiefvater
Taken, Humble, Car
Maggie Stiefvater (2014). “Shiver Series (Shiver, Linger, Forever, Sinner)”, p.784, Scholastic Inc.

I didn’t know how I could live with that knowledge, without it eating me up, without it poisoning every happy memory I had of growing up. Without it ruining everything Beck and I had. I didn’t understand how someone could be both God and the devil. How the same person could destroy you and save you. When everything I was, good and bad, was knotted with threads of his making, how was I supposed to know whether to love or hate him?

Maggie Stiefvater
Growing Up, Memories, Hate
Maggie Stiefvater (2014). “Shiver Series (Shiver, Linger, Forever, Sinner)”, p.740, Scholastic Inc.

I remembered the pain as clearly as if I were shifting — the pain of loss. I felt the agony of the single moment that I lost myself. Lost what made me Sam. The part of me that could remember Grace's name.

Maggie Stiefvater
Pain, Loss, Agony
Maggie Stiefvater (2009). “Shiver”, p.143, Scholastic Inc.

I think-I need to ask an embarrassing question. Do you think I could borrow a pair of scrubs? I-uh-my pants-" "Oh!" Cried the poor nurse. "Yes. Absolutely. I'll be right back." [...] "Thanks," I mumbled. "I'll just change here. He's not looking at anything at the moment." I gestured toward Sam, who was looking convincingly sedated. The nurse vanished through the curtains. Sam eye's flashed open again, distinctly amused. He whispered, "Did you just tell that man you went potty on yourself?" "You.Shut.UP." I hissed back furiously.

Maggie Stiefvater
Eye, Men, Thinking

Sam reached his hand toward mine and I automatically put my fingers in his. With a guilty little smile he pulled my hand toward his nose and took a sniff and then another one. His smile widened though it was still shy. It was absolutely adorable and my breath got caught somewhere in my throat.

Maggie Stiefvater
Hands, Adorable, Littles
Maggie Stiefvater (2009). “Shiver”, p.55, Scholastic Inc.

In a culture defined by shades of gray, I think the absolute black and white choices in dark young adult novels are incredibly satisfying for readers.

Maggie Stiefvater
Dark, Black And White, Thinking

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